Hydrothermal synthesis, structural and impedance studies of nanocrystalline zinc chromite spinel oxide material Studies of nanocrystalline zinc chromite spinel oxide material

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 585-593

  Naz, Sumaira ^a,b   Durrani, Shahid Khan ^a   Mehmood, Mazhar ^b   Nadeem, Muhammad ^a  

^a PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal synthesis; Impedance spectroscopy; Spinel; X ray diffraction; Zinc chromite

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920622128     PISSN: 13196103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2014.12.007     Document Type: Article

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